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Belgian blunder leads to formal resignations
The Associated Press
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Two top foreign ministry officials resigned yesterday to take responsibility for allowing a leader of Abu Nidal's terrorist group into the country on a tourist visa.
Justice officials launched an inquiry yesterday into the presence in Brussels last week of Walid Hakim, a judge who allowed but then allowed to leave Belgium.
In his brief statement, Foreign Minister Mark Eyskens said he accepted the resignations of the two officials yesterday following questions raised by Khaled's presence in Brussels. He did not elaborate.
Khaled, a spokesman for Abu Nidal's Nafat Revolution Council, was allowed into Belgium on a tourist visa to discuss the release of
four members of a Belgian tarmy kidnapped three years ago in the
They were freed Jan. 12, the same day Belgian officials released a Palestinian sentenced for an attack that killed a Belgian teen-ager. Belgian officials have denied any connection between the releases.
Khaled was recognized and briefly detained Wednesday in Brussels by police, but he was freed because he had a valid tourist visa. The De Standaard newspaper broke the story of his brief detention.
The scandal is especially embarrassing to Belgian officials because it comes at a time when they have been trying to bolster anti-terrorism security because of the Persian Gulf conflict.
lants van Loocke, the foreign minister's most senior political aide, and Alex Reyn, his chief of staff.
Officials said Eyksen was to formally explain to the government today how Khaled came to be in Belgium. Top government officials, including his brother Martens, have denied any knowledge that Khaled was in Brussels.
Martens had Khaled was here for a "debriefing" on the release of the Belgian hostages. Hollmans van Loocke, Belgium's highest ranking diplomat, negotiated with Khaled for their release.
Police stopped Khaled on Wednesday in central Brussels, but they let him go after Hollians van Loocke personally intervened. Khaled carried a three-month tourist visa, issued Jan. 11.
Chinese police order activists concerned with trials to leave
The Associated Press
BEIJING — Police on Monday ordered the expulsion of seven foreign human-rights activists who sought to attend trials of leaders of China's crushed 1989 pro-democracy movement.
The activists were detained briefly and questioned by authorities, who ordered them to leave China by 6 p.m. (6 a.m. CST) today.
The detentions reflect the government's sensitivity over the trials of key participants in the pro-democracy protests.
The protesters were arrested after Chinese troops swept across Beijing in June 1989, crippling the pro-democracy movement.
At least 24 key participants have been tried or sentenced during the last two weeks. More trials are expected as Western governments remain preoccupied with the Persian Gulf war.
Six human-rights activists from the United States, Canada, Britain and the Netherlands arrived Thursday.
They had been meeting with political dissidents and government officials. However, authorities have refused to let reporters attend trials.
the activists were taken from their hotel to a local police station Monday afternoon. After being held for seven hours, the police questioned briefly and released last night
The activists had been preparing to deliver letters to Chinese leaders appealing for fair and own trials
Norman Quan, who lives in Los Angeles but is a Chinese citizen, was questioned separately and told he violated China's laws.
Anti-smoking wars are worldwide
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - In more and more places around the globe, anti-smoking activists are fuming about people lighting up. But the tobacco industry is vigorously battling advances in anti-smoking legislation.
It's a different world from the glamour days of the cigarette.
Advertisements for smoking are restricted in the United States, where many public places, offices, restaurants, airlines and other public transportation have been declared smoke-free.
In Sweden, Norway and Finland, some of the world's
toughest anti-smoking laws outside the United States have been imposed. Cigarettes cost $5 a pack in Norway and Sweden.
The battle lines also are drawn for anti-smoking campaigns in other corners of the world. But powerful U.S. cigarette makers, who sell aggressively abroad, say they will fight.
"If it's legal here and it's legal there, what's the problem? Tobacco is legal on every square foot of this planet," said Thomas Lauria, a representative of the Washington-based Tobacco Institute, a cigarette industry lobbying group.
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